Chapter 1178 Guests are coming
Seeing that Fu Wenyun had fallen asleep, Manbao quietly pulled Qiuyue to the outer room to talk, "Where's the child?"
"Next door. Yesterday evening, Madam Fu and Chuncao went out to see the wet nurse you recommended and chose one. The child lives with Madam Fu now. She takes care of the child when the wet nurse is here. When she goes back at night, Madam Fu and the wet nurse we hired at home take care of the child together." Qiuyue whispered, "The child started breastfeeding yesterday. We took a look at him today. The blue color on his face has faded a lot, and his crying has become a little louder. Madam Fu kept asking for God's blessing."
Manbao pointed to the main room and asked, "Does your old lady have any objections?"
Qiuyue sneered, "She did want to take the child to the main house, but yesterday when the master came back from the yamen, he heard the neighbors' gossip and got really angry. He couldn't even eat dinner in peace last night. This morning, she only went to see the young master and didn't say anything."
Manbao was lost in thought, "It seems that Master Yue still attaches great importance to his reputation."
"A tree lives by its bark, a man by his face. Who doesn't value reputation?" Qiuyue said, "Besides, the master is an imperial censor. Our young lady said that if these family affairs were to get out and the officials in the court heard about it, the master would have no hope of gaining any prestige in the future."
She snorted and said, "That's why the young lady told us not to make any noise and just focus on taking care of things in the house. As long as the young lady is alive, even if we don't say anything, someone will take care of everything for us."
Manbao nodded repeatedly, gave a thumbs up and whispered, "Second Sister Fu used the opponent's force well."
The two of them burst into laughter. Nanny Fu came in with the child in her arms and saw the two of them laughing. She smiled and asked, "Miss Man, what are you so happy about?"
"We were just talking about the baby. Qiuyue said the baby was crying a little louder, and she smiled out of joy."
Nanny Fu immediately brought the child up to show her, and whispered, "I was just thinking of asking Miss Man to help look after the young master."
Manbao touched his little hand and saw that he was sleeping soundly with his eyes closed. He rubbed his hands before checking, "Your complexion has indeed improved a lot. He is suffering from lack of oxygen. I don't know if it has affected his brain, heart and lungs. I can't tell right away. You should pay more attention to him every day. He can tell by the age of three. If you have any problems, go to Jishiditang to see Doctor Tao. He is really good at treating pediatric diseases."
Nanny Fu nodded repeatedly.
Seeing that the child was sleeping soundly, she did not take him back, but held him in her arms and talked to Manbao, "Just now I saw that the master invited Mr. Bai to the front hall to talk. He was very respectful. Miss Man, don't worry."
Manbao smiled and said, "I have nothing to worry about."
She was not worried that Bai Shan would be bullied, as she was not from a powerful family that could use its power to oppress others.
Seeing that she wasn't worried, Nanny Fu relaxed and said with a smile, "I was so busy yesterday that I couldn't take care of her. I wonder when Miss Man went to the capital?"
"We went to the capital in June, and it's been almost four months."
"Miss Man came to Beijing with Mr. Bai?"
Manbao nodded, "I came here with my husband to study."
Nanny Fu sighed, "So Mr. Zhuang has come to Beijing too? It's been four or five years. Is your husband still doing well?"
Manbao nodded, "Tough."
Nanny Fu then asked about her parents, her family, and the Bai family.
Although Nanny Fu had never seen these people, she had heard of them, so asking them would help her get closer to them.
Nanny Fu smiled and said, "Back when we were in Luojiang County, you and my lady were always close friends. When we couldn't see each other, we would write to each other. Even though we were separated by more than an hour, when we arrived in Jianzhou, I thought we would lose contact, but I didn't expect you to still keep in touch through letters."
She laughed and said, "During those two years, every time the young lady received a letter from Miss Man, she was so happy that she was like nothing. The eldest young lady even teased the second young lady, saying that if you didn't know, you would think it was a letter from your lover."
Manbao lowered his head and smiled embarrassedly.
In fact, everyone in the Fu family had doubts about it. Mrs. Fu even secretly read Miss Fu's letter, which caused an unpleasant quarrel between the mother and daughter.
But because the letter was indeed written by Manbao, and what they communicated about were some books they had read, some principles they had learned, and some interesting things in her daily life, the matter ended up in nothing.
But Mrs. Fu felt a little uncomfortable and told Madam Fu privately that she felt Fu Wenyun read too much, which made her become left-wing and her temper became more and more stubborn.
She couldn't blame her daughter entirely, so she took her anger out on Manbao, thinking that Fu Wenyun had learned bad things from her.
But after all, this was a relationship between two little girls, and Mrs. Fu couldn't really forbid them from communicating. She just talked to County Magistrate Fu several times, thinking that he shouldn't send letters on behalf of his daughter.
Manbao didn't know these things, but Nanny Fu knew them, and because she knew these things, she trusted Manbao so much.
She quietly glanced into the inner room and saw that Fu Wenyun showed no signs of waking up, so she winked at Qiuyue and said, "Miss Man has been here for so long, why don't you go to the kitchen and bring her some snacks."
Qiuyue went out reluctantly.
As soon as she left, Madam Fu said to Manbao a little embarrassedly: "Miss Man, do you know the address of my master?"
Manbao nodded. She had written a letter to Fu Wenyun before coming to the capital, but now it seemed that the letter had passed her by perfectly and Fu Wenyun had not received it.
The two of them corresponded frequently, so naturally they knew the address.
Nanny Fu whispered, "Could you please write a letter to my master and tell him what's going on here?"
Manbao frowned, "Why, the Yue family won't let you communicate?"
"That's not the case. It's my young lady who doesn't want to write," Madam Fu sighed. "My young lady is very strong-willed and doesn't want to tell her family about these things. But she has suffered such a great injustice, and I feel so bad that she didn't tell her family at all."
Manbao understood that Nanny Fu could not disobey Fu Wenyun's order, so she wanted to tell County Magistrate Fu about this matter through Manbao so that the Fu family could help Fu Wenyun.
Manbao didn't have much of an objection, but he said, "Let's ask Second Sister Fu first. This is her business, and she has to make the decision..."
"My young lady..."
"Madam, Mammy—" Mammy Fu had just begun to speak when Chuncao came running in from outside, screaming, and the baby in her cradle kicked in fright. Mammy Fu quickly hugged the child and said angrily, "Why are you shouting? What's the urgent matter?"
Chuncao panted, pointed outside with shining eyes and said, "The young master is here!"
Seeing Madam Fu's bewildered face, Chuncao stamped her feet happily and said, "Oh, Madam, our young master is here!"
Nanny Fu's eyes suddenly lit up. Fu Wenyun in the inner room was also woken up and asked, "What's wrong?"
Manbao asked as he went into the inner room, "Is it Fu Wenhua?"
Chuncao nodded happily, "It's our young master!"
See you at 4 p.m.
(End of this chapter)
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